Adventure Stories
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Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery)
by Lois Lowry  Publisher Comments In 1943 Copenhagen, the Germans begin their campaign to "relocate" the Jews of Denmark. So Annemarie Johansen's parents take in her best friend Ellen Rosen and pretend that she is a part of their family....
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves Chronicles)
by Joan Aiken 
Publisher Comments In this chilling beginning to The Wolves Chronicles, two little cousins are left in the care of an evil governess. They escape and travel 400 miles to London with their friend Simon and his geese. <BR>Lewis Carroll Shelf Award....
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The River
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments Written in response to reader demand for another book about Brian, the young hero of Gary Paulsen's Newbery Honor book, "Hatchet, " here is a gripping story of challenge and survival in the wilderness. To learn more about the psychology of survival...
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The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move...
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On My Honor (Yearling Newbery)
by Marion Dane Bauer Publisher Comments Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?...
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Summer of the Monkeys
by Wilson Rawls Publisher Comments The last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys. Jay Berry Lee's grandpa had an explanation, of course--as he did for most things. The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there...
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The Cay
by Theodore Taylor Publisher Comments Now available in a paperback edition comes the award-winning story of two castaways who have much to learn from each other when the Germans invade the small island of Curacao during World War II. A "New York Times" Best Book of the Year....
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The Battle for the Castle
by Elizabeth Winthrop Publisher Comments As William turns twelve, we wonder if Jason is still his best friend. In the past year Jason has grown a foot taller while William is still a shrimp. When Jason challenges William to "jump the trains," William is terrified. How else can he prove himself...
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The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann Wyss Publisher Comments A classic for all ages in a fresh new format, this fascinating tale of a resourceful family shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island is one of the most exciting survival stories ever written. The Robinsons encounter an incredibly rich and varied...
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Tucket's Gold (Tucket Adventures #04)
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments Things look grim for Francis and his adopted family, Lottie and Billy. Without horses, water or food, they're alone in a prairie wasteland, with the dreaded Comanchero outlaws in pursuit. Death can strike at any moment -- but so can good fortune. When...
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Encyclopedia Brown #02: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch
by Publisher Comments A cross-eyed baseball pitch... A missing penknife named Excalibur... Poems that pack a punch... A kid-lover tumed kidnapper... And some tall tales that come up short! These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must...
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Bandit's Moon
by Sid Fleischman Publisher Comments A Mexican bandit and an orphan girl join forces during the California Gold Rush; PW's starred review said, "Fueled by brisk dialogue and lively descriptions, the story moves as swiftly as a whitewater stream, carrying readers along for an exhilarating...
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Mr. Tucket (Tucket Adventures #01)
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is...
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Call Me Francis Tucket (Tucket Adventures #02)
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments Alone. Francis Tucket now feels more confident that he can handle almost anything. A year ago, on the wagon train, he was kidnapped from his family by a Pawnee hunting party. Then he escaped with the help of the mountain man, Mr. Grimes. Now that he and...
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Time Quartet: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters
by Publisher Comments With over 10 million copies in print, Madeleine L'Engle's Newbery Medal-winning classic, A Wrinkle in Time, along with its bestselling companions, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters, has enthralled and inspired readers of all...
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The Wreckers (High Seas Trilogy #01)
by Iain Lawrence
Publisher Comments There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England, lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured storm-tossed ships to crash upon the sharp rocks of their shore. They fed and clothed themselves with the...
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Danger on Midnight River
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments When his camp van crashes into a raging river, Daniel Martin is plunged into a frightening position. Suddenly the campmates who call him "dork breath" and "retard" because he is a slow learner are depending in him for survival. Daniel could save himself....
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Harry's Mad
by Dick King-smith Publisher Comments "Harry's parents and friends think he's crazy because he acts out the rich fantasies of his 10-year-old imagination. And when his eccentric American uncle dies and leaves Harry a parrot named Madison (Mad), they're convinced of it. A believable...
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
by Stephen Manes Publisher Comments One day at the library, a book falls off the top shelf and hits Milo on the head. It's called Be a Perfect in Just Three Days! The book's author, Dr. K. Pinkerton Silverfish, doesn't look too perfect himself, In the picture on the back cover he's wearing...
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